Reince Priebus ‘Kicked to the Curb’ Off Air Force One After Being Fired as Chief of Staff

Reince Priebus has be fired from his position as White House Chief of Staff after only 6 months on the job, as President Trump announced today that he would be replacing Priebus with General John Kelly.

The decision comes shortly after the departure of the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who formerly worked for the RNC and was brought into the Trump administration by Reince Priebus. The new White House Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci, took a hard stance against leakers after assuming his new position and only days ago fired Assistance Press Secretary Michael Short, who was rumored to leaking to press.

It’s important to note that Short was an RNC staffer who was working with the Trump campaign during the election, but decided to jump ship after the Access Hollywood tapes were released revealing Trump’s “locker room talk” in October. Staffers in the White House Communications department were reportedly dismayed when Michael Short was hired, since he was seen abandoning Trump’s campaign when times were tough, only to be rewarded later with a high-level position in the president’s administration thanks to his RNC connections.

President Donald Trump announced the termination of Reince Priebus in a series of tweets, while at the same time announcing the appointment of current DHS Secretary Gen. John Kelly to the position of Chief of Staff.

I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff. He is a Great American….

Trump followed his announcement with an obligatory acknowledgement of Priebus and his service to his country, although many believe that his true loyalties lay with the establishment Republicans rather than Trump’s agenda.

I would like to thank Reince Priebus for his service and dedication to his country. We accomplished a lot together and I am proud of him!

It appears that Trump was already in the planning stages of replacing Reince Priebus, given that he had a choice for his replacement waiting in the wings, General John Kelly.

According to the New York Times, both Reince Priebus and Anthony Scaramucci were aboard Air Force One today with President Trump when Priebus was given news of his termination.

The announcement capped a fraught 24 hours in which the president’s advisers waited for a change they had long anticipated. Mr. Priebus accompanied Mr. Trump on Air Force One for a day trip to Long Island as his fate was being decided. Making for a tense flight, his rival, Anthony Scaramucci, the communications director who had publicly vowed to force Mr. Priebus’s resignation, was also on the plane and in the motorcade.

In barely half a year on the job, Mr. Priebus never won the full confidence of the president nor was granted the authority to impose a working organizational structure on the West Wing. Always seeming to be on the edge of ouster, Mr. Priebus saw his fate finally sealed a week ago when Mr. Trump hired Mr. Scaramucci, an edgy Wall Street financier, over the chief of staff’s objections. Mr. Priebus’s ally, Sean Spicer, the press secretary, resigned in protest.

More than just a personnel dispute, the disagreement suggested a broader cleavage that would lead to Mr. Priebus’ resignation. In tapping Mr. Scaramucci, Mr. Trump was turning to a wealthy New Yorker who had become part of his inner circle, and who compensated in charisma and rapport with Mr. Trump and his family for what he lacked in governing experience.

Reporters on the White House press pool reported that Priebus was “essentially kicked to the curb” off of Air Force One, as the now former Chief of Staff was loaded into an SUV and driven off the tarmac.

Reince Priebus was long rumored to be loyal to the RNC, rather to Trump’s “America First” agenda, and has in the past been accused of overseeing some of the embarrassing leaks coming from White House staff. Earlier this year, Deputy Chief of Staff Katie Walsh was forced from her position after allegedly being part of the leaking taking place within the administration. Walsh was a long-time staffer and close associate of Reince Priebus while working with the RNC who be brought on board after taking his position as Chief of Staff.

There have been long-time reports of a struggle between nationalists like Steve Bannon and traditionalists like Reince Preibus in the White House, each fighting for how they believe the Trump administration should be managed. If true, then today’s decision to fire Reince Priebus would appear to be a decisive victory for Steve Bannon and those who support Trump’s true agenda, as the RNC loses a valuable loyalists in the White House. A loyalist who, according to allegations, was actively working to undermine the Trump agenda and force the president to follow the whims of the Republican establishment, rather than the policies that the Americans voters supported when they elected Donald Trump as president.

I’d be willing to call Reince Priebus the “Chief of Leakers”
in the White House and is part of the swamp that needs to be drained. I’d wager
he was the ringleader of many of the leaks in Trump’s administration, and whatever
staffers are left who were part of his operation should be identified and
fired.

It’s easy to identify probable leakers now, just investigate
anyone who worked for the RNC and were brought into the administration by
Priebus the snake.